Local officials plan mass protests over budget share
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Not satisfied with the government's dismay to their demand for more budgets after a rally Tuesday near the Government House, leaders of the three key local administrative bodies have threatened to step up protests if their demands for the government to re
The group consists leaders and members of the National Municipal League of Thailand, the associations of Provincial Administrative Organisations (PAOs) and the Tambon Administrative Organisations (TAOs). They converged on the Royal Plaza yesterday before travelling in cars, buses and vans to file a petition at the Government House.
The group said they would stage a mass rally of 100,000 protesters on May 2829 if their demands were not met.
They plan to camp out on the night of May 28 to see if Cabinet responds to their demands and move the next day to Parliament as it discusses the 2014 fiscal budget bill to see if the bill was vetted.
The Nation
